The heroine is Saffie, a young German woman with a troubled past: she arrives in Paris in 1957 and becomes maid, then wife to Raphael, a privileged French musician. She never loves him but she's grateful for what he gives her: security. One day she falls in love and drama follows... I discovered a great writer.
(Laurence Martin Euler - bwl 10 August 2001 ) |